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dition of Sunday-scliool work in dif
ferent part»of the world.
Third, To illustrate the growth
and progress of the Sunday-school.
For example : The Earlier Methods
of Teaching. The Beginning of Mod
ern Sunday-schools in England
Present Methods of Sunday-school
Work. In Great Britain and all the
English Colonies. And on the Con
tinent of Europe, and Throughout
the world. Pioneer Sunday-school
Work in America. Advanced Meth
ods of Organized Sunday-school
Work. 'The International Lesson
System. Practical Methods in Sun
day-school Work.
Fourth, to use the Building as a
“Sunday-school Headquarters and
Reception Loom” during the Expo
sition, and, if possible, to use it as
“Headquarters for Colporteur work,”
and “Personal Christian work” on
the ground.
To arrange for holding special
Sunday-school conferences, and
talks; addresses by well-known and
qualified workers in various depart
ments of Sunday-school work ; for
Evangelistic Meetings conducted by
well-known Evangelists and Minis
ters, ami to use it for such other pur
poses as may be determined by the
International Executive Committee.
It is proposed to offer premiums
of SSOO, $250, $15(1 and SIOO, re
spectively, for the four best plans of
a Building, the awards to bo made
by a committee appointed by the In
ternational Sunday-school Execu
tive Committee ; the plans chosen,
to be the property of the Committee,
and to be placed on exhibition in
Building. *
It is proposed to raise the sum of
$60,000 for the Building, and an
additional sum for expenses, by con
tributions from Sunday-schools and
individuals, the collection to be
made as follows :
Each .Sunday-school is requested
to give an amount equal to not less
than ton cents for each officer and
teacher, and one cent for each schol
ar connected with the school (this is
the smallest amount, and schools are
requested to give a larger amount if
able to do so.)
Contributions of not less than One
dollar, and for as large an amount
as possible, to be solicited from indi
viduals.
All coptribhitons for the “World’s
Fair Sunday Building” should
bo forwardodf to R. IV. Hare, Treas
urer, No. 24 V Fifth Avenue, Chica
go, Illinois.
In sending your contribution give
he name of your Sunday-school, the
place where it is located, the denom
ination to which you belong, the to
tai number of Officers and Teachers ;
the total number of Scholars (all
ages) and the amount of your con
tribution.
When contributions are sent from
individuals give the name and ad
dress of each person who contributes
One dollar or more, and the amount
given by each.
'The earnest co-operation of all
the officers and members of the Ex
ecutive Committee of State, Provin
cial, Territorial, County or Parish,
and Township Organizations, and
all Pastors, Officers and Teachers
engaged in Sunday-school Work, is
solicited. In behalf of the Interna
tional Sunday-school Executive Com
mittee and Conference,
B. F. Jacobs, Chairman.
Frank Woods, Secretary.
GEN KRAL COMMITTEE.
The first five named persons on
the list were made a “Central Com
mittee” with power to represent the
whole committee when it cannot be
convened. B. F. Jacobs, Chairman,
Chicago, Illinois; E. A. Hough,
Jackson, Mich. ; .Marion Lawranee,
Toledo, Ohio ; Hon. T. B. Sweet,
Topeka, Kan.; W. A. Duncan, Syr
acuse, N. Y.
lion. John G. Harris, President
International Convention, Montgom
ery, Ala. ; 1). 11. Wolfe, Vice Chair
man, International Executive Com
mittee, St. Louis, Mo.; L. H.Biglow,
Ireesurer, International Convention,
New York, N. Y.
Loi isvil IE, Kv.-I noticed Bro
Vaughn’s article on the “Needs of
North Georgia” in the Index.
At a ministers and deacons’ meet
ing held in Ellijay, Sept. sth, to
10th, it was decided to hold an in
stitute in Ellijay July next. Efforts
have already been made to interest
the best men in the state. Drs. Mc-
Donald, Tichenor, Jones, Jameson
and others have expressed willing
ness to help. The present plan is to
have lectures on sermonizing, inter
pretation, church government, pas
tors and their work, missions etc. If
Bro. Vaughn’s ideas can lie put in
operation, as I sincerely hope they
can, the meeting next summer will
be much better. Whether the board
can help or not, several of our best
men will be glad to spend two weeks
or more, in this pleasant and profita
ble work. McG.
ASKED AND ANSWERED.
BY C. R. W. DOBBS.
Do Christians go to heaven when
they die? c. K. d.
This correspondent tells of a tent
meeting held by a strolling party of
‘Adventists,” who taught that man
was not immortal; that the wicked
are annihilated at death ; that be
lievers sleep in unconsciousness till
the resurrection, when they will bo
endowed with immortality and taken
to heaven. They also urged that
the “seventh day”- Saturday—“is
the Sabbath.” C. K. D. is not
troubled about this last point, but
says she “would like to have some
light on the others.” A question of
similar import comes from L. S.
M.
Many besides the Adventists an
swer this question in the negative.
Some who thus answer agree with
them in supposing that the souls of
believers sleep in an unconscious
state somewhere between death and
the judgment. 'They believe the
same of the wicked dead, denying
their annihilation.
Others still believe that the dis
embodied spirits of believers go to
“paradise,” which they distinguish
from heaven. They disavow the
the idea of an unconscious state, but
insist that “heaven” will be enjoyed
only after the final judgment. Now,
the scriptures clearly teach that be
lievers wnen they die goto the place
where Jesus is. Certainly this was
Paul’s hope in the prison from
which lie wrote these glowing words
to the I'hilippians : “For to me to
live is Christ, and to die is gain.
* * * lamina strait betwixt
the two, having the desire to depart
and be with Christ,” etc. (Chapter
I. 21-23). Then note the language
of 2. Cor. &: 5 8. Here Paul says :
“Being therefore always of good
courage, and knowing that while at
home in the body we are absent from
the Lord (for wo walk by faith, not
by sight), we are of good courage,
and are willing rather to be absent
from the body, ami to be at home
with the Lord.” This passage
clearly teadies that we have a spiri
tual being apart from the body, that
which we commonly call the soul,
and that when separated from the
body, that soul goes to be “at home
with the Lord.” Note the Revised
Version rendering “at home ;” it is
the same Greek word in verse 6 and
verse 8. The only remaining ques
tions are, “Where is Jesus?” and
“Are the souls of believers conscious
in that home?” When Jesus as
cended from Olivet we are told he
went up into heaven and Stephen
saw him in heaven standing on the
right hand of God. We are told
that Jesus has entered into heaven
itself to appear in the presence of
God for us. When he comes again
he shall descend from heaven. In
heaven he reigns at the right hand
of the throne of God. (See Luke 24:
51; Acts 1: 9—11; 7: 55,5(1; 1 Thus.
4: 16; Heb. !»: 24; 12: 2, and else
where). These passages all refer to
the glorified human personality of
Jesus, and cannot be confined to
his divine omnipresence. The body
of Jesus is in a “place”—necessarily
confined to locality. Otherwise lan
guage can have no intelligible mean
ing for us. That “body" is compos
ed of matter, however, refined and
glorified and spiritualized, and can
be in but one place at a time. The
sacred word tells us that place is
“heaven.” Ami in that same place—
“at home with their Lord"—are the
sainted dead.
This view seems to auflicently
answer the other question as to con
sciousness. It would be a solemn
mockery of hope to suppose other
wise. Certainly Paul looked to the
day of his departure from the body
as the occasion of his entrance into
the conscious enjoyment of the per
sonal presence of his Savior in the
Heavenly Home.
I find the name of Judas mention
ed several times in the New Testa
ment, and it is hard to distinguish be
tween them. Did Judas mentioned
m John 14:22, write the epistle of
Jude? Inquirer.
Two of the twelve disciples of
Jesus were named Judas the traitor
and the one mentioned in John 14:
22. The latter was also known as
Lcbbaius and Thaddetfs. (See and
carefully compare Matt. 10:3 ; Matt.
3:18; Luke 6:16; John 11:22; Acts
1:13). We know nothing of his his
tory. Even tradition, which in the
early centuries, had something tc say
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1892.
about the lives of the disciples, is late
and contradictory concerning him.
The author of the Epistle was still
another Judas, who calls himself
“Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and
brother of James.” He does not pro
fess to be an apostle, but distinguish
es himself from them in verse 17.
His being “brother of James” would
seem to settle the question. This
James was neither of the twelve
known by that name. Rather he
.and Jude were those known as the
Lord’s brothers, and mentioned in
Matt. 13:55 and Mark 6:3. These
were most probably children of Mary
by Joseph. Some Protestants shrink
from this interpretation, as if it de
tracted from the glory of Mary; but
the thought is born of the mistaken
idea which very early exalted cel
ibacy as of superior sanctity to mar
riage. 'The obvious meaning of the
scriptural language is that marriage
between Alary and Joseph was con
summated after the birth of Jesus,
“her first-born-son.” These brethren
of Jesus did not believe in him at the
first (John 7:5), but after his ascen
sion we find them numbered among
the elect. (Acts 1:3). To one of
them he specially appeared after his
resurrection (1 Cor. 15;7), and it is
possible that then, for the first time,
he really believed in Jesus.
Our preacher in his sermon yester
day talked about the angels weeping.
Don’t you think such language is
misleading? Clara.
Certainly not, dear girl. Your
pastor has probably a poetic turn of
mind, and was thinking perhaps of
Milton’s words,
“Tears such as angels weep.”
Don’t criticise preachers for using
poetic language. All true oratory
has an appropriate place for thought
and language which rise above the
dead level of the literal.
Does a divorce kill the guilty party
to liberation of marriage for the inno
cent party ? n. j. b.
We suppose we understand the
purport of this inquiry. If we do,
it was substantially, answered in a
recent issue. Certainly the innocent,
party to a divorce granted for scrip
tural cause, has a moral as well as
legal right to remarry.
SET APART FOR SPECIAL WORK.
PRES. JOHN A. BROADUS, D.D., LL.D.,
IN BAPTIST TEA! HER.
They had long been engaged in
religious work. It was at least ten
years after Paul’s conversion. He
had spent several years at Tarsus, of
which we have no account save sub
sequent traces of labors in Cilicia
and Syria. Then he and Brnabas
had worked toget her a whole year at
Antioch, with very large results.
(Acts 11 :26.) And now after a
visit to Jerusalem, Barnabas and
Saul were back at Antioch, still em
ployed in religious devotion and ac
tivities, in connection with several
other men of distinction among the
Christians. While these were en
gaged in a special season of religious
ministration and fasting, “the Holy
Spirit said, Set apart for me Barna
bas and Saul to the work to which I
have called them. Then, having fas
ted and prayed and laid their hands
on them, they sent them away.” So
they went on a journey, “being sent
forth by the Holy Spirit.”
What was the special work for
which these two religious ministers
were thus set apart ? What was the
significance of the laying on, of
hands? It is quite out of the ques
tion to think of this as ordination to
the work of the ministry ; for as just
observed, these men had been active
and useful and leading ministers for
years. Read the record of their
journey and labors in Acts, chapters
13 and 14, and you will see that they
were set apart for what we should
call foreign mission work. Since
the case of Cornelius and his friends,
a number of other Gentiles also had
become Christians (Acts 11 : 18, 20);
but it was in connection with labors
especially directed toward Jews.
Now Paul is to go “far away” from
Judea and Antioch and Tarsus, into
distinctively Gentile regions. Ho
will still find Jews in the leading
cities, and with the devotion to his
own people that characterized him
through life, will everywhere try to
reach them with the gospel. But
when rejected by them, he will “turn
to the Gentiles,” and many Gentiles
will believe and rejoice. (Acts 13:
46, 49.) Here then is seen a marked
fulfillment of what the Lord Jesus
had told him during the trance in
the temple, three years after his con
version, “I will send thee far hence
to the heathen” (Acts 22 :2I).
A num may be specially and ad
mirably suited to work at home, and
yet the Lord may make it his duty
to become a foreign missionary.
Paul was peculiarly qualified, by his
thorough training in the theological
schools at Jerusalem, and by his pa
triotic devotion to his own people,
for work among them. And at first
he eagerly took for granted that
this would be his life work, lie
even remonstrated, and argued with
his Lord in the trance, that he was
the very man to preach to the Jews,
because they knew that he had been
a persecutor, and now they will be
lieve him. All this seemed reason
able, and might have perplexed any
man’s meditations. But the Lord
Jesus cut the matter short in the
trance, and said, “Go.”
Ah! so often we find that our
cherished preference, and consequent
clear convictions as to paths of use
fulness, turn out to have been mis
takes. One who dreamed in early
life the dream of worldly ambition,
and propped himself up with the
persuasion that a Christian states
man or business man can do great
good,—as, thank God, many do, —
is yet brought to see that he must
give up all this, and spend his life as
a lowly minister. < >ne who used to
say to a friend, in the pride of use
ful self-reliance, “I will not be a
professor, no matter how often they
propose it; I will never be anything
but a pastor,” may find this early
purpose thwarted, and have to bow
through life to the Master’s will,
though it be with struggle not sel
dom renewed. One who wanted to
be a foreign missionary, who looked
with kindling zeal and high aspira
tion to that department of Christian
work, may have found that it was
not so to be ; and may have to hum
ble himself before those he encour
ages to go, because he remembers
how naturally they will say, “Why
did you not. go yourself?” One
w hose whole heart is wrapped up in
the work at home, whose training
and sympathies and ambitions did
really fit him especially for the home
field, may have to go far away to
the heathen. “It is not in man that
walketh to direct his steps.” We
cannot now expect such inspired di
rection as was given to Barnabas
and Saul. But we may expect, and
must seek, the guidance of God’s
providence, his word, his grace. We
must try to learn our duty, and not
bo too proudly set in our ways, but
humbly submit to whatever fairly as
the Lordly
And how often we live to see for
ourselves, and how often it becomes
apparent to others, that what the
Lord appointed for us was best.
Paul as a missionary to the heathen,
an apostle of the heathen, really did
more for Christianizing his own peo- !
pie, the Jews, than he could possibly
have accomplished by carrying out
his early purpose of working espe
cially among them. If Adoniram
Judson had remained at home, he
would have been a valuable profes
sor in some New England college, or ;
would have done mucn good as pas- '
tor of a New England church, but j
the country in general and the world
at largo would never have felt '
his influence. As a foreign mission- |
ary, he not only accomplished a great I
work in his immediate field, and '
gave a powerful impulse to the en- |
tire foreign missionary enterprise of ,
the age, but he has been a mighty
power at home, known to almost ev- |
cry Baptist alive, and to uncounted
millions of Christians besides, stirring
every where the hearts of devout men
and women—a tall electric light
that shines over all the world.
So if some of our most beloved
pastors, and most promising stu
dents, feel moved to go far hence to
the heathen, let us not oppose but '
encourage ; let us pray ami lay lov
ing hands on them, and set them j
apart; and let us hope that in due i
season all men will see how this was
best. The Master of the great vine
yard of earth not only sees the little
patch that we are tilling, but sees
the whole great expanse. His will |
must be wiser than our purest aims |
and soundest judgment. Nay, our 1
best judgment, ami the best counsel j
we can gain, are only part of the ;
means by which we must strive to '
determine his will. The work of :
foreign missions is only a special !
part of a general work. The home
field ami the foreign field are really
one field, and that field is the world.
We make practical divisions for
practical convenience, but the work
is one. Nothing we can do this cen
tennial year w ill accomplish so much <
for the work at home as to push I
with zeal the foreign work. If we '
have a new church to build, a prom- '
ising city mission to strengthen, a
destitute mountain field to develop,
a struggling college to furnish with
sorely needed endowments, any kind
of work to do at home, it will be
more successfully accomplished if
we have stirred the souls of the
brotherhood to really great contri
butions and really kindling zeal for
sending the gospel far hence to the
heathen.
We cannot to-day call home the
beloved men and women who repre
sent us in the foreign field to lay our
hands upon them and pray God’s
blessing ; only a few of us can have
this privilege in regard to the bright
faced young workers who are to be
sent forth in this centennial year-
But in a figure we may all do this
together. Let all American Bap
tists summon up in vivid imagina
tion before us these laborers, older
and younger, and in loving Chris
tian sympathy Jay as it were our
hands upon tlieir heads, and invoke
upon them afresh the benediction of
God.
Southern Baptist Theological Sem
inary.
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PETER DELIVERED FROM PRISON
Lesson for Nov. 6th, 1892.
Scripture Lesson: Acts 12:1-17.
Motto Text :—“The angel of the
eucampcth round about them
that fear him, and delivereth them.”
Ps. 34 :7.
INTRODUCTIOn.
Two persons by the name of
James are mentioned in this, between
whom it is important to distinguish,
James whose martyrdom is reported
in verse 2 was one of the three
favorite Apostles, brother of John
and son of Zebudee. See Matt. 4 :
21 ; 17 :1 ; 20 :20-23 ; Mk. 5 :37 ;
Matt. 26 :27. The James of V. 17
was “the brother of our Lord,” the
author of the epistle of James, and
leader of the Church at Jerusalem.
It is also well to distinguish the
Herod of this lesson from the several
others mentioned in the New Testa
ment. (1) For Herod the Great
who died just after the birth of Je
sus, see Matt. 2:1-18. (2) Herod
Antipar, son of Herod the Great is
referred to in Lu. 3:1; 13:32;
Mk. 6:16-28; Mk. 6:14; Lu. 23 :
7-12, etc. (3) Herod Agrippa,
I. was a grandson of Herod the
Great, and is the king referred to in
this lesson. (4) Herod Agrippa
11. is the one before whom Paul ap
pears in Acts 26 :28.
For five or six years the disciples
had enjoyed rest from persecution.
See 9:31. During this time we
may believe that their number was
greatly increased. But Herod now
joins with the Jews to inflict renew
ed cruelties, and sad are the conse
qences.
explanatory.
I. Herod’s Persecution.—Vs.
1-6. About that Time.—When
Paul and Barnabas went to Jerusa
lem with alms. Stretched forth.
—Laid hands on. Vex.—to injure.
Killed James.—By cutting of the
head. Pleased the Jews.—Base
is he who so recklessly destroys life
simply that he may please others.
He whose thought is only to please
his fellow-being, will stumble into
many a snare. Peter also.—He
seems especially anxious to destroy
the leaders, thinking thereby to
overcome all. Quaternion.—A
squad consisting of four men. In
prison ami under guard he means to
keep him fast. Bring him forth.
For trial and execution. Prayer
for him. —Many there might have
been to ridicule the idea of their
prayers being of any avail as against
strong and well-guarded prison
doors. Two Chains.—Two soldiers
were chained to him, one on either
side. Unusual care was taken that
their prisoner might be in all re
spects secure.
IL Peter’s Deliverance.—Vs.
7-11 An Angel.—ls the ministry
of angels less real now, because less
manifest, than in former times ?
Arc we not to believe that they
wait on us as truly as ever they
waited on Abraham, or Jacob, or
Moses, or Elijah, or Jesus himself ?
Light.—Due to the presence of the
angel. Raised him up.—Aroused
him. Bind on thy sandals.—He
is expected to obey promptly, yet
the details required show that there
was no need for undue caste. Wot
not.—Knew not. The suddenness
and strangeness of the thing make
it seem to him more like a dream
than a reality. That the guards
should not be aroused is a mark of
wonder, as also is the gate opening
of its own accord. The angfl de
parted.—Leaving the other steps
in which supernatural aid was un
necessary, to be taken by himself.
Now I know. —Peter understands
and acknowledges that this has been
an act of divine grace and interpo
sition.
111. Surprise of the Breth
ren.—Vs. 12-17. Where many
WERD GATHERED TOGETHER PRAY
ING. —The other disciples continue
in the same things which constituted
Peter’s offense, and caused his im
prisonment. They are not turned
aside by his mishap. Nor does Pe
ter seem to regard his imprisonment
in a serious light as he returns so
soon to his same company and same
life. Really, these early disciples
seem to have had very little of the
virtue of prudence, that honored vir
the of modern times. They were
astonished.—And yet was not this
the very thing they were praying
for ? How often we pray, or re
peat forms of prayer, without any
lively expectation that the things we
ask for will be granted. How often
we pray for some specific objects,
and the Lord sees good to bestow
some different, some better gift.
SUGGESTIVE.
1. Why was James, after a life
of faithful discipleship, allowed to
suffer so cruel a death ? Why was
James taken and John left ? These
questions may somewhat perplex us.
Let us remember that life is unwor
thy and to be denied except as, it
shall glorify God, and death will
bring no relief, unless it bring glory
to Christ. Let it be Christ’s to de
cide how long and in what manner
we shall live, when and what shall
be the nature of our death. Let it
be ours to determine with Paul, that
Christ shall be magnified in our bod
ies, whether it be by life or by
deatL
2. Peter was sleeping between
two soldiers. No easy couch was
that, and little there was about him
to woo to gentle slumber. Yet how
calm and sweet his rest. The reli
gion of Jesus Christ is sufficient to
enable us to triumph over every
adverse condition, and to “rejoice in
the Lord alway.”
3. Great is the need with us al)
that there shall be more of earnest
believing prayer. Only God can
help against the many, mighty foes
that assail us. Only upon our ask
ing does he give his best blessings.
Our answers will be according to the
measure of our faith.
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION OF
TENNESSEE. FACTS FROM
REPORTS.
Dr. Savage, Chairman Board of
Ministerial Education for the South
western Baptist University, Jackson,
Tenn., reported 23 young men aided
last year, and probably 25, this year.
Prof. Henderson of Carson and
Newnan College reported 13 being
aided this year.
Treasurer Woodcock, of State
Mission Board, Tenn., reports
*12,577.40 given to all the boards
last year.
Rev. M. D. Early of Memphis says
that the city has a population of
80,000, of which 50,000 are whites,
and that there are only two self-sus
taining Baptist Church there, and
two mission churches.
The Baptist women of Tennessee,
gave to missions during this last
year, ending about Oct. 1, $10,709.86.
The Baptist and Reflector says
that the Convention which has just
closed its session at Knoxville was
a good meeting. The attendance
was large enough to maintain high
interest all the way through.
Dr. Henry McDonald, according
to an engagement made before Dr.
Smith left, is to be in Nashville this
week to help in a meeting at the
First Church. Many hearts are
praying for a blessing upon the
meeting.
Rev. N. Keff Smith, of Darien,
has two calls in his hands. One is
from Ebenezer church, Charleston,
S. C., recently supplied by Rev. T.
P. Burgess. The other is from the
Nashville Synodical Committee to
labor as evangelist in Nashville Pres
bytery.
Rev. Mr. Smith was once a Presby
terian pastor in Atlanta, Ga. He is
not only a good preacher, but a fine
singer.
It is announced that Newman
Manning, a nephew of Cardinal
Manning, has left the Romish
Church, and is studying for the Bap
tist ministry. He was prepared by
his uncle for the Romish priesthood,
but was converted at the Chestnut
Street Baptist Church, Louisville,
Ky.
The following advertisement of a
Baptist pastor is copied from the
Weltshire Times, of England, and is
a fine example of “how not to do it.”;
“Notice.—Baptizing by Rev. A.
E. Johnson, Stormorc water next
Sunday, at 11 :30 A. M. Photogra
phers invited.”—Lutheran.
THE JOHN GIBSON INSTITUTE.
This institution of learning is a
new enterprise, situated at Bowman,
a small village 12 miles north of El
berton, on the Elberton Air Line R,
R. The town in which it is located
is not excelled, if equalled, for health
fulness by any townfin Northeast
Georgia, situated close to the moun
tains. and yet in the valley, it has
pure, cold, free stone water, and a
climate equally removd from the re
gions of the mountains, and the ma
laria of the more southern sections.
The Institute is the child of the He
bron Association, and was called, at
first, the “Hebron Baptist fnstitute,’ 1
but at the last session of the Asso
ciation the name was changed to
“John Gibson Institute, ’ in honor of
our grand old Secretary of State
Missions, to whom this country feels
it owes more than to any other one
man, for its present advancement.
The Institute is intended to perpetu
ate the memory of our grandest and
noblest man and the appreciation and
gratitude of his brethren for his self
sacrificing labors in the cause of the
Master.
This institution was called into ex*
istence from the desire of the Asso
ciation to give the poorer boys and
girls of this portion of Georgia the
advantages of a higher culture than
they found practicable elsewhere
The tuition, was, therefore, placed at
61 per month for all under 18 years
of age, and 81.50 for those over that
age. As board in the best families
can be obtained at from 87 to 89, the
entire necessary expenses of any
student will be from $9 to sll per
month. This places the advantages
of higher culture within the reach of
every energetic boy and girl in our
State.
The first session of the Institute
opened the first Monday of the pres
ent month in the old Academy build
ing (our new building not being com
plete,) with a faculty of seven ex
perienced teachers. All branches
usually taught in our best colleges,
will be taught as far as the Junior
class of Mercer University. By
January 1, 1893 we will enter our
new college building, constructed of
brick, trimmed with granite, and
having eight large rooms, and a
chapel that will seat ’.OOO people.
This building will be thoroughly
furnished with all modern conven
iences and appliances for instruction,
all of the west the country affords,
including twonew and elegant pianos,
spend id organ, etc.
The Hebron Association receives
the building completed, and paid for,
by the enterprising citizens of the
town of Bowman—a monument to
their wisdom and liberality. The
Hebron at its last session offered the
Sarepta Association an equal interest
in the property and management of
the Institute which Sarepta will
doubtless accept. So under the fos
tering care of thesejtwo Associations,
we think the brotherhood of the
State may expect good things in the
future from The John Gibson Insti
tute. W. A. {Montgomery.
President J. G. I.
The First Baptist Church, Bir
mingham, Ala., Dr. W. L. Pickard,
pastor, was asked to raise SSOO for
missions during the year, and has
raised SIOOO.
The South Side Church, Rev. P.
T. Hale, pastor, was asked for $450
and though pressed with building
expenses, raised $592.48.
The Southern Female University
has been moved from Florence, Ala.,
to the South Highlands of Birming
ham. It occupies Lake View Hotel
which contains 80 rooms. It is locat
ed within a mile and a half of the
heart of the city ; and is accessible
by dummy line every fifteen minutes.
Dr. L. I). Bass is president.
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